This “Readers Guide Edition” includes an afterward by Lawrence Mathews, biographical information about Glover, an interview with Glover and a selection of further readings by Glover.

If you haven’t read Elle before, pick it up. It’s a stunning book that combines historical detail, earthy humor and a touch of magical realism.

Here’s a write up from the publisher:

A 16th-century society belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza – this is the heroine of the novel that won the 2003 Governor General’s Award. Elle is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on what might be a true story, the novel chronicles the ordeals and adventures of a young French woman marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons during Jacques Cartier’s ill-fated third and last attempt to colonize Canada.